Placed an order last week for a new Phoenix 10 from the CC website and was notified by email that they are currently backordered on the new Phoenix 10s. They anticipate a four week delay in shipping my order;-( The flying season will be all but over then...

Might this have anything to do with the faulty units that needed to be replaced? Maybe it's a good thing I didn't get one of the faulty controllers.

They should put a notice on their web page indicating the delay instead of finding out later by email.

The order was shipped on the 18th and showed up last night. I received no email telling me the order had been sent so I cancelled the order from CC and placed an order with NE Sailplanes. I got a response to the cancellation email saying the controller had already been shipped after I placed the order with NESail. I was able to cancel the order with NESail so all is golden;-)

For backordered items, it's a good thing to email customers when the item is shipped since if that had been the case, this thread could have been avoided.

Thanks for your replies, Shawn, and thanks to CC staff for shipping me the controller. Most of the online retailers I checked last night were out of stock of the Phoenix 10.

I was programming my new controller. I went through each step per the instructions just fine. When I got to the end I centered my stick and unplugged the battery. Now when I plug in the battery I hear no startup beeps and I cant get back into program mode. My servos are the only things that work. Any idea what I did wrong?